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June 1, 2022

Texas Gov. Abbott calls on legislature to form committee to investigate Uvalde shooting details

Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas legislature to establish a committee to answer the many questions surrounding the Uvalde school shooting and the police response.

June 1, 2022

Uvalde, Texas, school shooting puts gun rights back into national debate

The mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has sparked another national debate about gun rights.

May 31, 2022

Beto O'Rourke says AR-15 owners shouldn't 'be able to keep them'

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke said existing owners of semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 shouldn’t "be able to keep them."

May 31, 2022

Texas school shooting: Funerals for Robb Elementary School victims are underway in grief-stricken Uvalde

Funeral services for Robb Elementary School students and teachers who were killed during a mass shooting last week are underway in Uvalde, Texas.

May 27, 2022

Texas school shooting: At NRA convention, Abbott says gun laws don't stop 'madmen' from killing

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that gun laws don't stop 'madmen' intent on killing people, days after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

May 27, 2022

Keith Olbermann, journalists fall for Twitter hoax accusing Abbott rep of harassing Uvalde victim's family

Numerous media members, including Keith Olbermann, fell for a Twitter thread accusing a Greg Abbott representative of harassing a school shooting victim's family.

May 27, 2022

Beto O'Rourke, gun-control advocates protest outside of NRA convention: 'Shame on you'

Hundreds of protesters gathered Friday outside of the 2022 NRA convention in downtown Houston, just days after a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

May 27, 2022

Who is the Texas school shooter? What we know

Salvador Ramos is allegedly the 18-year old who shot and killed at least 19 students and two teachers inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

May 27, 2022

Texas Gov. Abbott cancels in-person appearance at NRA convention, will visit Uvalde instead

Texas's Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will not be appearing in person at an NRA convention following a school shooting that left 19 elementary school children dead.

May 27, 2022

Beto O'Rourke shifts position on AR-15s once again, quietly edits campaign website

Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke appears to have once again shifted his position on AR-15s.